Arts and Entertainment Archive

“Mind the smell,” calls Isabella. “It’s a combination of poo, wee and dead rat.” Tim Da-Rin, the photographer, and I tentatively follow her through the back entrance to Hibernian House. The stench uncoils itself in our nostrils, sour green paint curls fingers …

When Australian-born Lana Penrose’s boyfriend Dion is offered the job of a lifetime in radio in Athens, they are thrilled. Penrose sees it as an opportunity to have a sabbatical, take a well-earned break from a hectic career and discover the joys …

With 2012 drawing to a close and the Xmas parties kicking into overdrive, the promise of a new year starts to fill our heads with optimism and lower our levels of productivity at work. Not only does the beginning of the year …

Hula hooping has gyrated its way onto the main stage, providing circus loopiness to those who may not have a natural carnie instinct. December 13 was World Hoop Day which aims to spread the health benefits and pure joy of hula hooping. …

I have made my New Year’s resolutions early. Among my desires to get fit and quit my debilitating chocolate addiction, I also want to cut down the hours of crappy television I watch. My New Year’s resolution starts now. Goodbye Neighbours, Snog …

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is on the hunt again for new fresh funny faces to join the ranks of Australia’s most prestigious open mic comedy competition in 2013. Registrations for RAW Comedy are now open around the country, with heats to be …

Renowned conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy breaches the divide to the master in this concert version of the Tchaikovsky opera last enjoyed by Sydney audiences in the 1979 Australian Opera production. The chilly despair of Tchaikovsky’s dark masterpiece, set in the aristocratic salons of …

  I was a bit surprised to find myself the winner of a double pass to Triple J’s Unearthed ARIA Music Week Showcase event last Tuesday. Previously, the most significant prize I’d ever won in my life was a yo-yo from a …

Among the slew of bedroom Beyoncés and pre-teen chirrupers that grind through the X-Factor/Idol/Voice talent quest mill, it is nice to see the occasional hardworking muso get up. It is also nice when success in these nationally broadcast spectacles pushes the career of …

You’d be hard pressed to find a show that traverses multiple times and locations in the blink of an eye. Yet the Cranston Cup Theatresports Grand Final transported audiences from a Church confessional, to an alien probing, then to an American airport …